Symposium of the Forum on Physics and Society [sound recording] : Speculations on the historical development of science 1973 April 25.

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Symposium of the Forum on Physics and Society [sound recording] : Speculations on the historical development of science 1973 April 25.

Speakers include: Robert S. Cohen, "God, Sex, and Money; or, Social Factors in the Development of Science;" William A. Blanpied, "Contemporary Attitudes toward Science;" and Victor Weisskopf, "Development of Physics during the Twentieth Century."

2 sound cassettes : analog, mono.

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American Institute of Physics

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Physicist. High Energy Radiation Section, National Bureau of Standards, 1949-1962; Chief, Radiation Physics Division, 1962-1966; Director, American Institute of Physics, 1966-1986. From the description of The story of the American Institute of Physics, 1967-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305950 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffus...

American Physical Society. Meeting (1973 : Washington, D.C.)

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Cohen, R. S. (Robert Sonné)

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Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002

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Victor F. Weisskopf, Ph.D., University of Gottingen, Germany, 1931, was professor of Physics at MIT from 1946 until his retirement in 1974. He was director general of the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1961 to 1965. Weisskopf's research focus was theoretical work in quantum electrodynamics and nuclear particle physics. Other major affiliations include: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, 1937-1943; Los Alamos, NM, USA, 1943-1947. Fro...

Blanpied, William A., 1933-

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